Summer is nearly over in Western Europe, but today the weather forecast here in Belgium says it should be 22°C. Ideal weather for a cold but healthy treat! My Australian friends can look forward to making this in a couple of months, when the rest of us are freezing ;-).
Sugar-free Ice Rubies made
with fresh strawberries, lemon juice & organic blackcurrant juice
concentrate.
- Put the strawberries in the blender and blend them.
- Add the lemon juice and juice concentrate and mix well.
- Pour the strawberry lemon mixture into ice cube trays, preferably trays with nice shapes. If you want to, you can put a wooden or plastic stick into each ice ruby.
- Put them in the freezer for at least 2 hours
You can use fruit and juice concentrate with different colours to make Ice Citrine (yellow = mango and apple juice concentrate), Ice Emerald (green = kiwi and apple juice concentrate), ...
I found the original recipe in the book: "Mijn kind eet gezond... maar weet het niet" by Lien Willaert. She suggests putting elastic bands in the ice cubes, so children can wear the gemstones on their fingers.
So far, I haven't used elastic bands or sticks, the children just pop the ice gemstones into their mouths. Obviously, they do end up with sticky fingers and faces ;-). Before I forget, I bought my Ice Cube Trays at Ikea: flowers, stars, hearts and little fish...
Ice Rubies
- 100 g strawberries
- juice of 1 lemon
- approx. 2 tbsp organic cherry, raspberry or blackcurrant juice concentrate
- ice cube trays (with nice shapes)
- Put the strawberries in the blender and blend them.
- Add the lemon juice and juice concentrate and mix well.
- Pour the strawberry lemon mixture into ice cube trays, preferably trays with nice shapes. If you want to, you can put a wooden or plastic stick into each ice ruby.
- Put them in the freezer for at least 2 hours
You can use fruit and juice concentrate with different colours to make Ice Citrine (yellow = mango and apple juice concentrate), Ice Emerald (green = kiwi and apple juice concentrate), ...
I found the original recipe in the book: "Mijn kind eet gezond... maar weet het niet" by Lien Willaert. She suggests putting elastic bands in the ice cubes, so children can wear the gemstones on their fingers.
So far, I haven't used elastic bands or sticks, the children just pop the ice gemstones into their mouths. Obviously, they do end up with sticky fingers and faces ;-). Before I forget, I bought my Ice Cube Trays at Ikea: flowers, stars, hearts and little fish...
(Once again, if you would like the recipe in Dutch, leave a comment or send me a message)
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